I was confused when my friend (and the music director at my wife's church) said that Hoagy Carmichael was coming to town in New Albany, Indiana, and would be appearing in her nightclub-restaurant "The Speakeasy" in October. But indeed, he is going to be present there, in a lifesize bronze sculpture something like the picture above, in the music space of that lovely venue starting next weekend. Apparently Hoagy was a Hoosier, and this is his return tour of his home state.
Go to the co-sponsor of the event, the Carnegie Center for Art & History in New Albany, http://www.carnegiecenter.org/ for more information.
The Speakeasy is at 225 State Street in downtown New Albany, not far from the Brent-Spence Bridge.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 19
10 a.m-11 p.m.. Exhibit Open
4:30-6 Welcome Reception
8:30-10:30 Jamey Aebersold Jazz Quartet Free Performance
SATURDAY OCTOBER 20
10 a.m -11 p.m. Exhibit open
1 p.m. Floyd County Historical Society Lecture by the sculptor, Michael Livingston McAuley
8 p.m. Shall We Dance Studio Instructors Demonstrations and Lessons
9-11 p.m. Speakeasy Orchestra Free Performance and Dance
I think of Jazz as a wonderful metaphor for lifelong learning--continuing to adapt and grow and enjoy the ensemble of life! So I celebrate this remembrance of Hoagy!
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